Who built the huge fucking trench that cut me off from my shit? And where is the entrance to the other side? I had a chest over there and now I have no idea where it is, and can't get over there because the stupid fucking game thinks I'm trying to fly! /fuck me/
lava can be a bugger, it can set fire to you diagonally as well as if you fall in, and it's so often under something good (like diamonds)
I often dig all around diamonds, carefully removing everything dull, even under - you can drop sand or gravel into lava to get rid of it, or chuck water on - though that will result in obsidian (or cobble if thelava is flowing)
you can drop sand or gravel into lava to get rid of it
I didn't know that..! Should've thought that was the case, but never mind. Does that mean that if the lava is more than one square deep, you need to drop several squares of sand into it?